Interesting Facts about the Kenyan sand boa

Kenyan sand boas live in northern and eastern Africa. This includes Libya and Niger east to Egypt, and south to Northeastern Tanzania. Its range includes Chad, Sudan, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia and Kenya and may also be in the Arabian Peninsula in Yemen.Little is known on the sand boa’s threats, but in Egypt, it is being reported that the numbers are declining due to its habitat being destructed and it is now an uncommon and localized sight. We don’t know how well it can adapt to new habitats.

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The sand boa will wait under sand and then come out and attack its food.

Sand boas sometimes drag small prey under sand to suffocate it.

Male sand boas sometimes need to dig a female out of the sand before they can mate.

Female sand boas give birth to live young.

Sand boas burrow in the sand or bask in sun during the day and hunt at night.

The main habitat of the Kenyan Sand boa is a loose and sandy soil, desert margins and vegetated sand dunes in an arid to semi-arid climate. They have been recorded living from sea level up to 4,900 feet.